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OA Switchboard has announced a plugin for PKP's Open Journal Systems (OJS), designed to enhance visibility and streamline reporting for diamond open access journals. The development has been made possible by funding from the Max Planck Digital Library.

A community-led initiative, OA Switchboard simplifies information sharing across different stakeholders about open access publications across the publication journey. This new plugin will allow publishers using OJS to seamlessly connect to OA Switchboard, streamlining reporting to research funders, libraries, and consortia, and making it easier to share OA output and metadata with key stakeholders. This tool will also provide publishers with improved management information and insights into their portfolio and stakeholder relationships.

Ádám Dér, Head of Scientific Information Services at the MPDL, says: "The MPDL is proud to contribute to the development of open infrastructure that facilitates the streamlining of processes in the ever-complex world of open academic publishing. In line with the Max Planck Society's vision of barrier-free access to scientific knowledge, we remain dedicated to creating the conditions for open scholarly processes for our researchers and the global scientific community. We're honored to support the creation of a plug-in that enables standardized OA reporting for OJS publishers via the OA Switchboard, which also elevates their position and visibility among libraries, consortia, and funders."

For more details, please see the full announcement here